Hello,
looking for some advice and guidance.
My partner has a 18month old son. The relationship between him and his partner was amicable until he met me and since then it has became more and more volatile.
Currently my partner sees his son every Monday evening for two hours and every second Saturday for 5 hours. He has asked for more time with him and offered to take him for sleep overs however she just isn't willing.
The above agreement was agreed via the solicitors roughly a year a go.
Recently my partner has been picking his son up from her parents house as she has been 'out' - they have said that they need more help with him as they have him a lot, however she then threatens taking him and putting him into day care so that no one see's him. Some of the states he comes to us in, is disgusting, dirty clothes, him being dirty and smelly, items of clothing far to small. Sadly we have also had him handed over with saturated nappies to the point he's soaked through, a lot of times he turns up with a blistered bum.
We cannot approach his ex partner as she becomes very hostile and stops access so we aren't sure where and what we can do, in the past she has taken to social media to express how we have no right to tell her how to bring up her son....just very difficult
My partner pays her £400 a month, she doesn't work and lives with a new partner every couple of months.
We really don't know what to do with the situation and its taking its toll on us - we want what's best for everyone, but we don't want him being used as a weapon.
what rights do we have about getting him more regularly? do we have rights to half custody?
Any help/guidance would be greatly appreciated